Job 20:11:6Job.20.11.W6TAB
עַל־עָפָ֥ר
alafar
“upon dust”
- Transliteration
- al-A-far
- Extended
- ahl-AA-faar
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕaːˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon dust
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
al-A-far
- phraseyour reading level
al-A-far tish-KAV
- clause
ve-IM-mo al-A-far tish-KAV
- sentence
ats-mo-TAIV mal-E-u lo-MO a-lu-MAIV ve-IM-mo al-A-far tish-KAV
Exegesis
The second clause begins with veimmo {וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹ | wəʿimmô} ‘and with him’, then places the locative phrase al-afar {עַל־עָפָ֥ר | ʿal-ʿāp̄ār} ‘upon dust’ before the verb tishkav {תִּשְׁכָּֽב | tiškab} ‘it will lie down’, creating a grim focus on the destination. The feminine singular verb form can refer to an inanimate plural antecedent (such as “bones”) or to an implied, concept-like subject (his vitality/youth), so the English “it” preserves the Hebrew’s deliberate ambiguity while still conveying the certainty of burial.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Pe–Resh
“dust, loose earth”
In context — Job 20:11
His bones are filled with his youthful vigor, his youth, and with him it will lie down in the dust.
About this coordinate
Job 20:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 20:11, so the Hebrew word עַל־עָפָ֥ר (alafar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Job.20.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.11.W6.S1) and character.